Selenium Catalyzed Synthesis of of Carbonates. The Reaction of Alkoxide with Carbon Monoxide and Oxygen in the Presence of Selenium

K Kondo, N Sonoda, H Sakurai

Index: Kondo,K. et al. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1975 , vol. 48, p. 108 - 111

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Abstract

A novel selenium catalyzed synthetic reaction of carbonates was investigated. The reaction of alkoxides with carbon monoxide in the presence of stoichiometric amount of selenium gave carbonates in high yields under atmospheric pressure at 20° C in THF. When the resultant reaction solution was made to react continuously with the mixture gas of carbon monoxide and oxygen, catalytic formation of carbonates was achieved. Isolation of Se- ...